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Remember the strap will always appear with the headline, never on its own, and usually in lists.

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LHCb experiment squeezes the space for expected new physics

Results presented by LHCb at the Moriond conference put stringent limits on the Standard Model of particle physics 

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OPERA gives update on neutrino time-of-flight measurement

The collaboration has identified two possible effects that could have influenced its timing results

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